beale



(No Model.)

I J.F.BEALE HOT AIR REGISTER. I

Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

Nu31m116- cation.

heated air by inexpensive and siinple'nieans.

1 as galvanized iron or tin-and ofsizes to suit I SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 310,116, dated December 30, 1884,

which is scoured a hook.

. "This face wall is inclined, gradually approachiinirr. rim

JOHN F. Bantu, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA..-

Honms REGISTER.

Anplicatioufiled April 2S,1S8-l. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Bnlinn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Air Purifiers and Moisteners for Hot-Air Registers, of which the following is a specifi- My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for nioistening and purifying heat wall for the fabric topass. The bottom reed air escaping from a' register of the" class in ceptacle should hold about the same quantity which there is provided a suitable self-xnoistof water as the reservoir; or it may be of less 'ening service of textile fabric arranged in lapacity, and its inner wall may bear as an proximity to the register, so that heated air therefrom comes in contact with the fabric.

My object, mainly, is to insure a thorough purification and proper moistening of the receptacle may project inwardly far enough to sustain the apparatus f1 cm the register a suifi-.. cient disiancc to make the spaces at the sides for the lateral escape of the hot air of as great In theaccompanying draxvings, which show aprei'eralolc construction of apparatus iuvolv let of the register-face. The spring-bar E ing my improvements and. some modifications serves to press the fabric 0 back from. the reg thereof, Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. ister and hold it at or near the bottom of the 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly lower receptacle, or against aledge,

in section with the apparatus in position. i Of the textile fabrics I prefer cotton terry. Fig. 3 is a modification of Fig. 2 on a reduced 3 The fabric should be at least the width of the scale. I face or inner wall of the apparatus, and of an I A denotes a reservoir,- 13, an overllow-rearea such as to insure that the hot air in esceptacle; C, the textile fabric suspended over the inner or face wall of the reservoir, and held in the bottom receptacle by a suitable Thefiibricbcingsuspendcdoutward anddownretaining device, such as a spring-bar, E, se ward from the top of the register, the heated l l cured by its end arms to or near the bottom air in issuing out of and ascending therefrom of the receptacle B. l) is a fender-bar,.to is brought; in contact with the saturated sur- 1* is aledge on the inner or face wall of the apparatus, against which the bar E presses the fabric.

The apparatus is made of sheet nictal s'uch lccts lhcrel'rbin the dust and other impurities before they escape into the room to be heated. Water should be poured into the reservoir until it overllows upon the fabric and saturates the various registers. It should be made of equal or greater length and breadth than the rescrvoir being higher than the face or inner register, and adapted to it closely to the upwall, the motor can escape only by flowing per part of the same, so as to intercept the over the latter, the bottom receptacle catch heated air in its tendcnc to ascend as it is 111" an overliow and reventin the water .l a: p a

sues out of and from the register, its face wall vfrom spilling out of the apparatus. When the 95 extending downward and outward from the heat is intense and the evaporation rapid, the top of the register, as shown in Fig. 2. The i bottom rcccptucleniay be filled with water and inner or face wall of the apparatus also con used as an auxiliary reservoir, the fabric bestitu'tes the inner or face wall of the reservoir. ing supplied from above and below. The fab thereof will-kccp it moistened until the water ing the outer wall of the apparatus toward its is exhausted by cmporation,

lower end. The sides and back or outer wall Hooks should J with space enough between it and the face offset against the register or below it. This or greater an area than the area. of theairrouhnw caping from the register shall impinge against face, which moistcns it and separates and 001- it throughout. The back and side walls of the 9 0 ric being saturated, the capillary attraction 0 degree the purposes set air from an upward escape as it issues out and 1. A water-holder and fabricsupporter for air purifiers and moisteners, having the inclined inner or face wall, a support by which the apparatus is secured at the top close to a register, and means for supporting the textile fabric in an inclined position, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A water-holder and fabric-supporter for air purifiers and inoistcners, having the in clincd inner or face wall, the bottom receptacle, and the upper reservoirgwhereby the apparatus is adapted to be secured at its upper end close to a register, and provision is made for the lateral escape of heatedair issuing tion, and answer in some degree its purposes. therefrom, substantially as set forth,

It will be en that, b my aratus the 3. In an evaporator for hot-air registers, the fabric is presented clos l to the top of the combination of a, water-receptacle connected register and inclined outwardly and downto the upper part of the register, so as to wardly therefrom, thus preventing the hot check the upward escape of the hot air,witha fabric supported thereby a short distance from ascends from the register, and compelling it he face of the register, substantially as set to escape from the sides. The entire volume I forth. of hot air is thus brought in direct contact l 4 The Combinati n of the bottom receptawith the fabric before it escapes into-the room cle, B, the reservoir A, the inclined inner or to be heated, I face wall, the supportin'ghook d, fender bar I m aware that an evaporator has heit l D, and the retaining levice in the bottom reforc been provided with an upper and lower ceptacle, substantially and for the purposes It is evident that an apparatus involving features of my invention could be made smaller than the face of a register and answer in some forth; or a like apparatus could be used dispensing with the textile fabric, in which case the hot'air would strike against the inclined face wall, heating the water in the upper reservoir, and be deflected into water in the bottom receptacle, causing evaporation from both; or an apparatus made with a reservoir at the bottom only, and having an inclined wall to fasten into theregister, thus dispensing with the reservoir A, as shown in Fig. 3,'W0l1l(l embrace features of my invenwatcr-coinpartnient and a connecting fabric et f between them exposed to the hot rir esc-ipin 4 i 4 from a reg ster, and arranged so as to extend vertlcally or parallel with the register, allow \Vitnesscs:

ing theheatool air to escape in all directions. \Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

to. A. NEWMAN, AL. 0. NEWMAN. 

